Governor-valve for automatic pumps.



No. 673,508 Patented May 7, l9OL' N. A. SMITHWICK.

GOVERNOR VALVE FOR AUTOMATIC PUMPS.

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Patented May 7, I90l.

GOVERNOR VALVE FOB AUTOMATIC PUMPS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL A. SMITHWIOK, OF SENECA FALLS, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOULDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GOVERNOR-VALVE FOR AUTOMATIC PUMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,508, dated May '7, 1901.

Application filed February 11, 1901. Serial No. 46,802. (No model.)

To all whom it may n nin their operative position or in position to Be it known that I, NATHANIEL A. SMITH- permit the operation of the pump. WIOK, of Seneca Falls,in the county of Seneca, Similar letters of reference indicate correin the State of New York, have invented new sponding parts in all the figures of the drawand useful Improvements in Governor-Valves ings.

for Automatic Pumps, of which the following, Referring specifically to the drawings, B is taken in connection with the accompanying the cylindrical case or casting, having the indrawings, is a full, clear, and exact descriplet-port I on one side and the outlet-port 0, tion. leading to thepump, on the opposite side.

IO My invention relates to a shut-off valve or h is the exhaust connection, and 11 the pres- 6o regulator for use in connection with an ausure connection. tomatic pump operated by water under pres H is the dome-shaped cap or upper head, sure from the city mains or any suitable and L is the lower cap or head, both of which source; and the object is to provide a more heads are secured to the cylindrical case by I5 efficient device of this class and one possessbolts or screws, as shown, passing through ing advantages over other similar devices. meeting flanges on said parts.

Heretofore automatic pumps have been op- V is the main valve, located in the lower erated by allowing the pressure to remain on part of the case, is cylindrical and concenthe power end, and the pump was started trio with the case, and is movable vertically 20 and stopped by drawing water at a faucet in therein. I

the house and shutting off the same.- It'will eis the auxiliary valve within asmall chambe apparent that this causes a continuous her in the lower head L. and undue pressure on the plumbing system The exhaust-valve 00 consists of a verticallyand on the pump end by having to balance movable small tube, which passes through a 2 5 the pressure on the larger power end, because central aperture in the auxiliary valve and is the power end of these automatic pumps is open at its lower end when not engaging a made larger than the pump end. yielding seat m below it and has an aperture By using my invention in connection with or port to in one side. the pump when the pressure on the pump end D is the flexible diaphragm, secured at its 0 reaches a predetermined point, which is adouter edges between the flanges of the case justable, as hereinafter clearly pointed out, B and the head H. the shut-off valve automatically shuts off the N is the hollow adj usting-nut, which is expressure-water from the inlet to the power ternally threaded to engage the thread on the end. When shutting off this inlet-water, the inner side of the head H, and S is a coiled 35 device opens the inlet'of the power end to the spring within the hollow adjusting-nut and exhaust-opening, thus taking all the pressure bearing upon its inner upper end and upon off the power end, so that if there is a worn the disk at upon the upper side of the said packing or a leaky gland there will be no diaphragm. The spring Sinclosesavertical pressure to make water leak out at this point. central stem G, which extends upward from 40 My invention consists in certain combinathe'diaphragm and through the adjust-able 9o tions of parts for producing the above renut N. The exhaust-valve tube 00 is secured sults, all hereinafter described, and more speat its upper end in the lower end of the stem' cifically set forth in the claims. G and both are reciprocated vertically to- In the drawings hereto annexed and formgether.

45 ing a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a J is the horizontal partition in the case B side elevation of my improved shut-0E valve. below the diaphragm, the pressure connec- Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 ,tion opening into the chamber above the paris a longitudinal vertical sectional view with tition and the exhaust connection opening beseveral interior parts in elevation, and Fig. low it into a chamber K, having walls is con- 50 4 is a similar sectional view showing the parts centric with the case containing narrow hori- IOO fare cup-shaped packing-leathers on valve V.

, tension on spring S, lifts the exhaust-valve a;

zontal apertures forming what is termed the l port 1).

T represents angular projections within and integral with the upper head H to act as a stop for the diaphragm D when it is forced upward.

P is a port leading from the lower side of the inlet-port I downward vertically and then horizontally through the lower head L to a small chamber provided with the auxiliary valve e.

g is the seat for said valve, secured stationary in the head L above the valve, and b is a small coiled spring between the upper side of the seat g and the lower side of the seat m.

The apertures forming the port 19 are preferably slits made by a saw in the walls is.

E and F are packing-leathers around and in contact with the valve-tube w, and d and Packing-leather 61 being on the upper part of the valve forms the valve proper, and leatherfon the lower part forms a piston.

In the operation of the device the water enters from the main at I and-fills the space around the main valve V between the packing-leathers d and f. The water also passes through the port P to the chamber around the auxiliary valve 6. The fluid pumped by the automatic pump (not shown) enters the chamber under the diaphragm D through a pipe connected at i. when the pressure of fluid below the diaphragm is reduced, the ad j usting-sprin g S forces the diaphragm D down, (see Fig. 4,) carrying with it the connected I exhaust-valve as, which works through the packing-leathers E and F to its seat 'm and by further movement downward forces the auxiliary valve e from its seat g against the tension of the spring b. The Water from the port P flows upward through the grooves in the valve-stem 6 into the chamber 0. This balances the pressure on the two sides of the cupleather f and allows the pressure on the unbalanced area of the main valve V to carry the cup-leather at over and above the port p,allowin g the water to flow out at O to the automatic pump and cause it to operate and create a pressure in the chamber under the diaphragm D. As this pressure increases it raises the diaphragm against the tension of the spring S until it reaches the stops T. As the diaphragm raises it allows the spring I) to seat the auxiliary valve e, shutting ofi the pressurewater. A further movement of the diaphragm, due to a pressure determined by away from its seat m and allows the water under the main valve V to escape through the port a in the side of the exhaust valve or tube x. As both ends of the main valve V are now open to the exhaust, the pressure on the cup-leather j, which is of larger area than the cup-leather d, forces the main valve down and shuts off the Water flowing to the pump through 0 by drawing the cup-leather at over the port p. This movement also opens the outlet-port O, and consequently the power end of the automatic pump to the exhaust connection h through the port 10. In this way all pressure is taken off from the power end of the pump, and any creeping of the valves or leaking at a worn pump-packing is entirely obviated. This last feature is of particular importance and one not contained in any other shut-01f valve.

It will be noticed that the main valve is moved in opposite directions by the pressure of the water alone and not by a spring.

I do not desire to be limited to the precise form of shut-off valve shown in the drawings, inasmuch as the same may be modified without departing from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. In a shut-01f device for an automatic pump, the combination with the case having an inlet and an outlet port, the pressure connection, the exhaust connection, the horizontal diaphragm having a stem extending upward, the adjusting-nut in the upper head of the case, and the spring between the nut and the diaphragm of the verticallyreciprocating main valve, the auxiliary valve in a chamber communicating with the inlet, the exhaustvalve, and the port in the wall inclosing the main valve communicating with the said inlet and outlet ports when the main valve is in its raised position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a shut-off device for an automatic pump, the combination with the case having inlet and outlet ports, the pressure-inlet and the exhaust-outlet, the horizontal diaphragm above said inlets and outlets, the adjustable nut in the upper head of the case and the spring between the said nut and the diaphragm, of the vertically-reciprocating main valve having packing-leathers at opposite ends differing in diameter and engaging the inner Walls of the case, a vertical tube closed at its upper end and secured to the diaphragm and movable vertically with the same, said tube having an outlet-port in one side, a yielding seat for the lower end of the tube to close the same when the latter is depressed, an auxiliary 'valve below and carried by the yielding seat, a seat for the latter valve secured in the lower head of the case, a chamber for the auxiliary valve provided with a conduit leading to the inlet-port, a horizontal partition in the case below the diaphragm, the pressure-inlet opening above the partition and the exhaust-outlet below it, and the port in the wall engaging the upper packing-leather of the main valve, as set forth.

3. In a shut-off device for an automatic pump, the combination with the cylindrical case having the inlet-port for water communicating with a chamber encircling the main valve between its leathers at opposite ends, the vertically-reciprocating main valve, the port 10, in the walls of said chamber connecting the inlet with the outlet when the valve is raised, the outlet for connection with the pump, the inlet 2', to receive water from the pump, a horizontal partition in the case to form a chamber above the same communicating with the inlet 't', the yielding diaphragm forming the upper Wall of the said chamber, means to vary the pressure on the upper side of the diaphragm, the auxiliary valve in the lower part of the case inclosed in a chamber communicating with the main inlet, the exhaust-valve and its outlet and the exhaustoutlet h, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4:. In a shut-01f device for an automatic pump, the combination with the cylindrical case having inlet and outlet ports on opposite sides, the pressure-inlet and the exhaustoutlet above the other inlet and outlet, the horizontal yielding diaphragm above said inlets and outlets, the vertically-adjustable nut in the upper head of the case, the coiled spring in the case between the said nut and the diaphragm, of the vertically-reciprocating main valve having packing-leathers at opposite ends difiering in diameter, the lower packingleather being larger than the upper one, and engaging the inner walls of the case, a port formed by horizontal slits in the inner concentrio walls of the ,case in engagement with the upper leather of the main valve,a vertical tube closed at its upper end and secured to the diaphragm and movable vertically with the same, said tube having an outlet-port in one side, a yielding seat for the lower end of the tube to close the same when the latter is depressed, an auxiliary valve below and carried by a stem extending downward from the yielding seat, a stationary seat for the latter valve secured in the lower head of the case, a chamber containing the auxiliary valve, a conduit leading from the chamber to the inlet-port, a horizontal partition in the upper part of the case below the diaphragm separating the said pressure-inlet from the exhaust-outlet, the

former opening into the chamber above the partition and below the said diaphragm, and the central apertures in the main valve and in the partition for the said tube to move in, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

NATHANIEL A. SMITHWIGK.

Witnesses:

SEABURY S. GOULD, JOSEPH J. SwABY. 

